THE RACIST INSIDE US, AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE by Bill Portela
The Racist Inside Us, An Evolutionary Perspective
THE RACIST INSIDE US:
AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
By Bill Portella
Out of three-billion sequenced DNA codes in the human genome, chimpanzees share 99% of our hieroglyphs letter for letter. Would eyebrows...
IT LEFT A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH by Carol Glick
It Left a Bad Taste in My Mouth
I have yet to find a dentist who delivers top-notch services and a billing system that doesn't drill holes in the bank account.
On a recent check-up, the...
CHANGING THE SCORE by Natasha Rai
CHANGING THE SCORE
‘When trauma affects us, we can’t fully engage with the present.’ My therapist, Sue, sits back after this pronouncement, face brimming with empathic concern.
I stare. What the hell is she talking about?...
STORM AND THE PARABLE OF LOOKING AT THE FENCE by Bruce Hoppe
Storm and the Parable of Looking at the Fence
Me: My writing time is my best time, hands down.
Wind-humming-through-the-windbreak: Rrrrrreally? Wwwwwwhy’s that?
Me: Cuz that’s when I’m safe.
Wind-humming-through-the-windbreak: Oooooh? Hooooow so?
Me: It’s complicated.
Wind-humming-through-the-windbreak: Hmmmmmmm.
Me: Look,...
THE BUS RIDE by Susan McCartney
Into Africa I fly on a one-way ticket. Journey through fourteen countries in twenty-two months on local transportation. A woman without advantage of youth or money. Learning. Resting. Changing. The journey has many pieces....
NOTES FROM THE FATHER FIELD by Lisa Romeo
Notes from the Father Field
by Lisa Romeo
Though my father never touched the large-number cell phone I once gave him, I like to think that, if he’d lived longer, and had I the patience to...
THE MOST SCARIEST THING by Riley Winchester
The Most Scariest Thing
I am obsessed with time. The obsession started my sophomore year of college when I had to take a science class with a lab in order to fulfill the science...